Pokemon Zensho came out
in Japan in 1998. It follows the video game closer than any other
manga incarnation of Pokemon. The one-volume manga follows the
plot
of the game, from leaving Masara Town to fighting Shigeru at the end of
the game. There are many things in this manga that haven't been
represented
in the anime or any of the other manga, such as what the Silph Scope
would
look like and the search for the Safari warden's dentures. I
can't
stand the artwork, but for following the game so closely it's a pretty
good manga.

Be warned, the
following
are LONG, even longer than the Getto
Da Ze! summaries.Prologue:
Masara Town

Satoshi is
searching around
for his first pokemon. He wants to become a Pokemon Master, but
without
even a single pokemon, he can't even begin his journey. He trips
and falls and when he looks up he sees a flock of Poppo. They're
just about to attack him when a flame blazes through the air and roasts
one of the Poppo. The others run away to avoid being
burned.
Satoshi wonders what saved him and is soon answered: it's
Ookido-Hakase!
Ookido-Hakase's pokemon, the fire-type Hitokage, was the one who saved
Satoshi. Ookido takes Satoshi to his lab, where his anxious
grandson
Shigeru waits. Shigeru is surprised to see Satoshi being friends
with Ookido-Hakase for he is Satoshi's rival. The pokemon
professor
shows Satoshi three Monster Balls, and tells him to choose one of three
starter pokemon: Zenigame, Fushigidane, or Hitokage.
Satoshi
chooses Hitokage (because a Hitokage saved him), Shigeru chooses
Zenigame,
and Ookido-Hakase keeps Fushigidane.

Shigeru decides
to challenge
Satoshi, and Satoshi accepts. Hitokage uses its flame attack, but
it's ineffective against Shigeru's water-type. Zenigame shoots
water
out of its mouth while Hitokage dodges. Then Satoshi orders
Hitokage
to do a headbutt attack which instantly wins him the battle.
While
Satoshi cheers his first victory, Ookido-Hakase gives Shigeru and
Satoshi
a Pokemon Zukan, and explains to them what the Zukan does. Both
Shigeru
and Satoshi proclaim that they'll be the best.

Satoshi is
restlessly sleeping
in his room when he is awakened by Hitokage's warmth. After
getting
dressed, he comes downstairs to see his mom, who admires Satoshi's
Hitokage.
She then gives Satoshi a present--a new pair of gloves! Then
Shigeru's
sister comes from outside and gives him a Town Map. Shigeru's
sister
tells Satoshi's mom how Shigeru told her not to give Satoshi the map,
but
she decided to give the map to him anyway. All packed up, Satoshi
leaves for Tokiwa City.

In Tokiwa City,
Satoshi is
amazed at how much bigger it is than Masara Town. He then sees
the
city's gym and remembers how he must get all eight gym leader badges to
get to the Pokemon League and battle the Shi Ten'nou, the four
elite
trainers who provide a final challenge to aspiring trainers.
Satoshi
tries to enter, but a little boy in a boy scout's uniform tells him
that
the gym is closed. Satoshi and Hitokage are told to go through
Tokiwa
Forest to get to the next nearest gym. So Satoshi and Hitokage
trek
through the forest, eventually finding a Pikachu chasing an
acorn.
The Pikachu, after seeing Satoshi, leaps behind a bush and hides.
Satoshi picks up an acorn to show he's friendly, which brings Pikachu
out
of hiding. Pikachu decides to join Satoshi.

Satoshi finally
arrives in
Nibi City. He notices a fisher and a camper fighting. They
soon break it up by themselves, prompting Satoshi to see what the
commotion
was about. The camper shows Satoshi the city's fossil exhibit
while
telling him of Takeshi, the difficult gym leader of Nibi City.
Satoshi
proclaims that he'll beat Takeshi.

The camper brings
Satoshi
to Takeshi. Takeshi calls out Iwaku, and Satoshi sends
Hitokage.
Takeshi is happy that fire types are weak against rock types and orders
Iwaku to attack. Hitokage dodges Iwaku's first attack. Then
Satoshi gets an idea--Hitokage is ordered to chop the horn-like part of
its head off. The pokemon follows the order, and Iwaku
falls.
Satoshi receives the Grey Badge and waves good-bye to the camper and
Takeshi
as he leaves for his next challenge.

Satoshi's
standing outside
the Hanada City Gym, admiring the signs around it. There's a
giant
Jugon picture on the outside of the gym, which prompts Satoshi into
telling
Hitokage about how sailors used to see Jugon in the distance and
mistake
them for mermaids. Satoshi wonders if the gym leader, Kasumi,
looks
like a Jugon (the picture of him imagining a Jugon-Kasumi is
hilarious).
Suddenly, the storekeeper of the Miracle Cycle shop shouts out that the
Rocket-Dan has invaded his store. One of the Rocket-Dan grunts
calls
out a Spear to shut him up, but he's too late; Satoshi's already heard
his pleas for help. He sends out Hitokage, who easily beats the
bee
pokemon, prompting the Rocket-Dan member to escape. Inside the
shop,
the storekeeper tells Satoshi about who the Rocket-Dan are and just how
evil they are. Satoshi leaves the shop and heads for the Hanada
Gym.

Inside, the woman
at the
register gives Satoshi some swimming trunks to wear for the battle
(apparently
that's all that's allowed). Satoshi notices that the gym is a
giant
swimming pool. Suddenly, Kasumi appears. Satoshi blushes,
commenting
that she doesn't look like any Jugon he's seen. Satoshi is going
to send Hitokage into battle, but it's too scared because its tail
might
go out with all the water. So Satoshi sends Pikachu while Kasumi
sends out Starmii. Pikachu is trying to get into the pool, but
having
never been around the water, it doesn't know what to do. It falls
in, and Satoshi dives in to rescue it. He gets a cramp in his
foot
and can't move anywhere, and it looks like he might drown! Kasumi
dives in and saves Satoshi and Pikachu. Wrapped in towels, they
are
told that Kasumi will teach them how to move about in water freely so
they'll
have a better chance to battle in the water..

Satoshi is being
taught to
swim while Pikachu is on a life saver. Kasumi decides that it's
time
for Pikachu to try to swim without the floating device, so she picks it
up. Much to her surprise, the scared Pikachu is still attached to
the float! Having made little progress, Satoshi leaves. He
then remembers Shigeru and his other rivals and decides to be a little
more tenacious. Satoshi and Pikachu both practice by themselves
and
both become really good swimmers. Satoshi swims with a Pauwau for
a while until Kasumi enters. She tells Satoshi that once at a
beach,
a child Kasumi went out to the ocean to swim. A large wave
engulfed
her and she started to sink to the bottom. She almost died, but a
mysterious creature saved her--a Jugon! Therefore, she feels
indebted
to the Pauwau.

Just then, the
Rocket-Dan
invade the gym and attack with a Gyarados. Satoshi's Pikachu
attacks
with a lightning bolt, stunning the Gyarados, so the Rocket grunt
retreats.
Impressed with Satoshi's bravery and persistance, Kasumi rewards him
the
Blue Badge. Kasumi gives Satoshi her Pauwau, telling him as he
parts
that she hopes she can someday meet the legendary Jugon who saved her.

Satoshi is
working on a computer
in the Hanada City Pokemon Center when an "ERROR" screen appears on the
monitor. The attendant at the center tells Satoshi to see
Sonezaki
Masaki about the computer problem. When Satoshi reaches his
house,
he sees a strange-looking Nidoran getting the mail. It looks
different
from the other Nidoran he's seen, so Satoshi decides to catch it.
He catches it and checks his Zukan for data, but it can find
none.
Then Satoshi realizes that the pokemon he caught was Masaki!
Satoshi
goes into the house and places Masaki into a machine which seperates
the
Nidoran part of him from the Masaki part of him. Masaki
introduces
himself and shows Satoshi the three evolutions of Ivui. He then
tells
Satoshi how he got turned into a Nidoran: he stepped into his DNA
combining machine with his Nidoran and the male Masaki combined with
the
female Nidoran to form Nidoran (with a combo of the male/female
sign).
Masaki gives Satoshi a ticket to the St. Anne for saving him and
promises
to do a system check of the computer to find the problem.

On the St. Anne
(in Kuchiba
City) Satoshi runs into Shigeru and is challenged to a battle.
Satoshi
commands his Hitokage to scratch Shigeru's Zenigame, but it uses its
shell
to block the attack. Then Hitokage uses its Mega Toss to throw
Zenigame
and wins. Just then, Hitokage starts to glow and evolves into
Lizard!
Shigeru is disappointed because they left at the same time but
Satoshi's
pokemon evolved first. Satoshi and Lizard roam around the ship
until
they hear a noise coming from the captain's room. The captain
opens
the door and yells out for a bucket. Satoshi grabs an empty
cleaning
bucket and gives it to the captain, who proceeds to close the door and
gets seasick. Then he wants to know if Satoshi wants the bucket
back!!
Now that's he's thrown up, the captain feels much better and tells
Satoshi
about thunder-type pokemon.

In Kuchiba City,
Satoshi
spots a Pokemon Lover's club. The chairperson babbles on and on
and
on about pokemon until he finally reveals that he knows nothing of the
Kuchiba City Gym Leader, Machisu. Satoshi finds the gym anyway,
and
meets the gym leader Machisu (who uses a lot of English since he's
American).
They have a battle, so Satoshi sends out Lizard while Machisu uses
Elebuu.
Lizard is backed into a corner when dodging Elebuu's attacks and gets
an
idea. It topples over one of the stakes holding the barbed-wire
fence
surrounding the arena and uses it to tie Elebuu up. Motionless,
Elebuu
is defeated by Hitokage's fire as Machisu says "OH MY GOD" in
English.
Machisu remembers how he was saved by a mysterious person from being
squished
by a tree. It turns out that the mysterious person was the
captain!
Happy, Machisu gives Satoshi the Orange Badge and the captain gives him
Hidden Machine #01. The chapter ends with Satoshi getting a
letter
from Masaki.

In Masara Town,
Ookido-Hakase
is looking up Shigeru's and Satoshi's Pokemon Zukan on his
computer.
Satoshi has 19 while Shigeru has 20. Just then, Shigeru's sister
comes in with some refreshments as Ookido-Hakase is starting to
recollect
about his past. He remembers being on his pokemon journey,
collecting
information for his Pokemon Zukan. He pulls out a picture,
remembering
how Shigeru's parents opposed to his journey (I think that's what he's
saying...). Then one day, a stranger tells him that Shigeru's
parents
were in an accident (I think it was an automobile accident). With
their parents dead, Shigeru and his sister had to be taken under
Ookido-Hakase's
care.

Meanwhile,
Satoshi is out
with his Lizard in Shion Town when he spots a Kara-Kara in a
window.
The woman inside lets him in, explaining that she serves as a pokemon
orphanage.
Satoshi asks about the Kara-Kara staring out the window, and she
explains
that the Rocket-Dan killed her child. Satoshi wants to reunite
the
lonely pokemon, so he decides to venture into the ghost tower.
Soon
after he enters he spots a bunch of gravestones for pokemon.
Before
he can get a good look, a stream of mist lurks behind him. It's a
Ghosu! Satoshi and his Lizard run out and hide behind a bush.

Just then, he
spots two members
of the Rocket-Dan coming out of the building holding the Silph
Scope.
Satoshi learns that he the Rocket-Dan have a hide-out in the Game
Corner
of Tamamushi City, so he decides to go there. At the Game Corner,
he spots the Rocket-Dan go into a door (it's not a hidden switch like
in
the game, it's just a regular-looking door!). Satoshi spots some
Silph Scopes on a table, and he snatches one for himself. Now he
can see the ghosts in the tower! Sakaki watches Satoshi during
all
of this via hidden cameras, surrounded by some lackeys. After he
throws his wine at a henchman (for calling him "leader" instead of
"boss"),
Sakaki orders the Rocket-Dan to go after Satoshi and stop him from
potentially
ruining their plans.

On his way out of
the city,
Satoshi spots the Tamamushi City gym. He decides to stop and
challenge
the gym leader, Erika. After introducing herself, Erika (dressed
in a kimono) is doubted by Satoshi. How can Erika really be the
gym
leader (she looks too pretty, and she's pretty clumsy as she walks into
a glass door)? But soon the battle starts: Erika uses a
Rafureshia
while Satoshi uses his Lizard. Rafureshia uses its leaf toss
attack
(I forget the name of it), and Lizard retaliates with a fire
breath-attack.
The fire catches Erika's kimono on fire but Lizard jumps to Erika and
slashes
the fire out. The gym lackeys are about to announce Erika the
winner
(because Satoshi's pokemon slashed at Erika), but Erika stops
her.
She admires Satoshi for raising his pokemon to be considerate, so she
rewards
him the Rainbow Badge.

Satoshi looks at
the clock,
and remembers about the Pokemon Tower and his Silph Scope! He
ruses
to Shion City, followed by Fuji (who really works for Sakaki).
Satoshi
arrives at Shion City, wearing the Silph Scope, and is able to see the
ghosts clearly in order to pay his respects. As he walks in, he
notices
Gara-Gara's (Kara-Kara's baby) grave smashed to pieces. The
Rocket-Dan
appear with Sakaki. Sakaki introduces himself to Satoshi as the
boss
of the Rocket-Dan, takes the bouquet Satoshi had for the spirits, and
crumbles
it up. Sakaki then snaps his fingers and a Kairikii appears,
ready
to tear Lizard apart. Satoshi worries that Lizard isn't
experienced
enough to beat such a powerful pokemon and seems doomed. However,
a ghost appears from a tombstone...it's Ghosto! Kairikii
instantly
starts to thrash at Ghosto, but its physical attacks have no
effect.
Ghosto easily beats Kairikii, so Sakaki and the Rocket-Dan run away.

Later, incense is
burnt for
the dead pokemon. Fuji reaches from behind a tombstone and gets
out
the Pokemon flute. Just then, the ghosts of Gara-Gara and Ghosto
raise into the sky, able to rest in peace. The Kara-Kara watching
from its window perks up as she sees her child once more.
Everyone
waves to the ghosts as they head off into the horizon.

Satoshi is
heading into the
Safari Zone. He sees this strange creature coming out of the
bushes,
and it looks like a cross between a Yadon and a safari warden.
Satoshi
remembers Masaki and his mix-up before, and thinks this is another of
his
experiments gone wrong. Satoshi quickly grabs the little man
while
asking a safari worker where the warden is to report this strange
creature
to. The worker informs Satoshi that the man he's holding is
the warden. Inside the Safari Park building, the warden
apologizes
for the mix-up. The reason he looks so funny is because he lost
his
dentures in the Safari Zone. Satoshi, always willing to help,
agrees
to find the warden's dentures. Satoshi enters the Safari Zone
after
being told the rules and given the rocks, pokemon food, and Safari
Balls.
After making sure he has an empty box on his PC, Satoshi continues.

Satoshi sees many
pokemon,
from Lucky to Dodo to Garura. He steps on something mushy, and it
leaps from under his foot. It's a Metamon! Satoshi goes to
throw a rock at it, but the Metamon has seemed to disappear. It
didn't
teleport or anything, it just changed itself into a clump of grass and
camoflauged itself in the rest of the tall grass. But then a
Kentaros
comes up and, mistaking Metamon for real grass, starts to munch on
it!
The Kentaros is then distracted by something and Metamon is
saved!
Satoshi patches up the bite mark when Shigeru shows up. Always
eager
to compare pokemon, Shigeru says he has four pokemon. Satoshi,
ashamed
that he's caught none, says that he's caught a Metamon. Metamon
cooperates
and jumps on his head. Satoshi proclaims that he'll be a Pokemon
League Champion, but Shigeru says that he will. Shigeru
leaves.

Satoshi sees a
Yadon with
its tail in the water and is reminded of the warden. So he asks a
man he sees fishing what he's doing. He says he's caught plenty
of
Koduck, Krab, and Yadon, but hasn't caught the one he's been looking
for.
Satoshi decides to try his luck, and with his first cast he catches a
Miniryuu!
To thank him, the man gives Satoshi all the pokemon he's caught in the
water (the "duds" he didn't want...like Koiking). Satoshi looks
through
the Monster Balls (in this manga, the Monster Balls are see-through)
and
sees a pair of dentures in one of the balls. The warden's
dentures!

Satoshi's
happy. But
then, some throwing stars narrowly miss his feet! It's
Kyou!
He announces himself as the Sekichiku Gym Leader and challenges Satoshi
to a battle. He immediately sends out Matadogasu, while Satoshi
tries
to decide which one to bring out. His Metamon suddenly leaps out
and volunteers to fight. But instead of transforming into another
Matadogasu, he turns into another Kyou! Both Kyou and the
Metamon-Kyou
are shouting orders at Matadogasu. The poor pokemon doesn't know
which Kyou to obey, and self-destructs! Not fainting, but it
looks
like Matadogasu died! Ack! Metamon reverts back to normal
while
Kyou is taken aback. Kyou decides to give Satoshi the Pink
Badge.
Now Satoshi just needs to deliver the dentures!

The warden's
FINALLY got
his dentures back! Now he looks even more like a Yadon!
Satoshi
leaves the Safari Zone, remembering his rival Shigeru.

Satoshi and
Lizard arrive
in Yamabuki City. They are greeted by a strange noise, followed
by
the image of a young woman floating in the air! She lands on
Satoshi
and, after apologizing, tells Satoshi that the Rocket-Dan have overrun
Yamabuki City. She points to the Silph Company building, siting
that
as the group's hideout. Suddenly, her name, Natsume-san, is
called
from a karate master. Natsume bids farewell to Satoshi and
teleports
away. The karate master who called out her name catches up to
Satoshi
and takes him to their karate gym. Inside, the master tells
Satoshi
that Natsume is the leader of the Yamabuki City Gym, and that her
psychic
pokemon beat their gym. But a young trainer named Shigeru beat
her,
and NOW the Rocket-Dan's stolen her psychic Lapras! The master
begs
Satoshi to help Natsume (he's a big fan), so Satoshi agrees.

Satoshi sneaks
inside, but
soon has to stop because two guards are standing near an
elevator.
He remembers that the karate master told him the boss is on the top
floor,
so he begins to ponder a way to get past the guards. Just then,
he
hears the footsteps of a member of the Rocket-Dan and is about to be
discovered.
The Rocket-Dan member turns the corner and sees...a blank wall.
Once
he leaves, it is revealed that Metamon turned into a wall to cover
Satoshi
and Lizard! Now Satoshi, with his Metamon on his head, continues
exploring.

Soon he finds
Natsume peeping
into a sheet covering a large box-shaped object. Satoshi reveals
himself to be a regular Pokemon Trainer, but Natsume is
apologetic.
She pulls aside the sheet to reveal a Lapras inside a cage. She
says
that when she was beaten by Shigeru, she was disgraced. But
Lapras
and Satoshi cheer her up, and they decide to work together to beat
Sakaki!
Sakaki's watching all this on a monitor on the top floor and has the
boss
of the Silph Company as a hostage. Sakaki asks where Silph's
Master
Ball is, but he won't tell. So Sakaki's Nidoqueen pulls out a
poison
needle and threatens to kill the Silph Company boss! But Sakaki
is
stopped when he sees Natsume and Satoshi board Lapras. Suddenly,
Natsume teleports in with Satoshi and Lapras into Sakaki's room!
After arguing back and forth, Sakaki sends out Nidoqueen. Satoshi
orders Lapras to surround itself with a mist while Nidoqueen does a
tail
whip. All the Nidoqueen can see is fog until two shining lights
begins
to hurt Nidoqueen. Nidoqueen, now in pain, shoots out a bunch of
poison needles as some sort of reflex. One of the needles hits
Sakaki
in the arm. Sakaki, poisoned and beaten, runs away with his
Rocket-Dan.

Later, the Silph
Company
boss shows Satoshi the prototype for the Master Ball Sakaki wanted so
badly.
He tells Satoshi that with it, anyone can catch any pokemon imaginable
with this, and Satoshi pictures Freezer, Fire, Thunder, and
Myuutsu.
He leaves with Natsume, who gives him the Gold Badge outside for his
bravery
and the Lapras they met inside. Natsume waves goodbye as Satoshi
leaves the city.

Satoshi and
Pikachu are riding
Lapras to the Southern Twin Islands (Seafoam Islands). With
Kasumi's
Pauwau in her hand, he remembers the legendary Jugon which saved
her.
He arrives inside and sees a bunch of pokemon being peaceful.
Seeing
this, Satoshi decides to free Kasumi's Pauwau and watches it swim away
to be with the other pokemon. Satoshi's looking around when he
sees
a mysterious figure atop a large ice pillar--Freezer! Lapras
tells
Satoshi of the Legendary Bird Pokemon and of how rare and powerful they
are, so Satoshi decides to catch it. But just as he decides this,
Freezer's startled at the presence of Satoshi and flies away.
Suddenly
an old man appears, announcing himself as Katsura. Just then a
Konpan
sits on his head, and Katsura yells at it there's no connection between
his name and hair (katsura is Japanese for wig). He says
he
is the Guren Town Gym Leader, so Satoshi decides to travel to that town.

Satoshi passes by
the town's
pokemon lab and mansion. Satoshi then reaches the gym and finds
Katsura
inside tending to a Gallop and Kyuukon. He talks about the town's
laboratory, and Satoshi mentions Ookido-Hakase's lab in Masara
Town.
He shows Katsura his Pokemon Zukan, and Katsura comments on how
advanced
it is. Then he tells Satoshi of the research being done on Myuu
in
the Guren Town Pokemon Laboratory to make a Myuutsu. Then he
talks
about Freezer and how it somehow got him started on training fire
pokemon
(maybe so he can better catch Freezer?). Anyway, he challenges
Satoshi
to a battle, and he accepts. They go into another room, and each
send out their pokemon. Satoshi sends out Lizard while Katsura
sends
out Windii. Katsura asks why Satoshi isn't using a water type
against
his legendary fire-pokemon, but Satoshi ignores the question and
declares
that he'll win anyway. Windii attacks with a fire spin attack,
but
it has no effect. Then Lizard attacks with his claws, and it's a
one-hit KO. Satoshi is awarded the Crimson Badge before noticing
his Lizard glowing. Lizard evolves into Lizardon! Katsura,
having been defeated, starts to tell his life story (seems like a theme
in this manga...). Katsura was in the Southern Twin Islands and
his
fire pokemon were hurt, and remembers seeing the legendary Freezer fly
away. Satoshi says with his fire-pokemon (Lizardon), his electric
pokemon (Pikachu), his ice pokemon (Lapras), and a Purin he had caught
earlier, he'll be able to beat all the elements of the Legendary Birds
(Freezer, Fire, and Thunder) and help Katsura catch Freezer.

Back in the
islands, Satoshi
sees Freezer again. He sends out Pikachu who electrocutes it, and
Freezer retaliates by freezing the electric mouse. So Satoshi
sends
out Purin, who sings Freezer to sleep. It's asleep, so now
Katsura
flies in on Lizardon and throws a Monster Ball at it (it has a "C" on
it...).
Freezer is caught! Later, Satoshi flies away on his Lizardon into
the distance as Katsura, with Freezer by his side, waves goodbye.

Hanako (Satoshi's
mom) is
watering some flowers in her yard when Satoshi comes flying in on the
back
of Lizardon's back. Hanako recognizes Lizardon as the Hitokage
Satoshi
left with, commenting on how well it looks. In fact, she comments
on how strong all the pokemon look. Later, in his room, Satoshi
has
his Gym Leader Badges spread out on his bed, thinking that he only
needs
one more badge. He wonders who the Tokiwa City Gym Leader could
be.
Then Pikachu comes into the room with a piece of candy Hanako gave
it.
Seeing the round shape of the candy, Satoshi gets out a book. He
opens it to a page with a Raichu on it and takes out a Thunder
Stone.
He asks Pikachu if it'll evolve into Raichu. Pikachu remembers
how
Hanako liked it just the way it is, so it shakes its head no. So
Satoshi will have to beat the gym leader another way.

Next door,
Shigeru returns
home. He has a Kamex and a Fushigibana with him. He goes to
a book shelf looking for an atlas, but notices it's missing. He
asks
his sister about it, and she says she gave it to Satoshi. She
tells
him that the reason she gave Satoshi the map is because she had a bad
vision
about him. Shigeru is angered and storms out.

At Satoshi's
house, Satoshi
gets ready to depart on Lizardon's back. Hanako sees some storm
clouds
brewing and asks Satoshi if he wants an umbrella, but then she realizes
that at the high speed he'll be likely to be traveling that an umbrella
would turn inside-out. So Satoshi flies away into the storm
without
any protection. After he leaves, Fuji comes out of nowhere with
something
wrapped in a cloth in his hand. He asks Hanako where Tokiwa City
is, and she points him in the right direction.

Satoshi arrives
in Tokiwa
City and goes into the gym (this scene seems rushed...it all happens in
about three panels) to reveal that Sakaki is the gym leader! So
without
delay, they begin their battle. Satoshi sends out Lapras while
Sakaki
sends out Saidon. Lapras uses its Hydro Pump and it severely
hurts
Saidon. Then Saidon hits Lapras with its horn attack, so Satoshi
replaces Lapras with Lizardon. But Saidon just hits Lizardon with
its horn like it did to Lapras. But Lizardon is tougher, and
headbutts
it back. Saidon is defeated, and Sakaki is defeated. So
*doot
doot doot doot* he tells his life story! He was a Nidoking
trainer
in a rock tunnel when the roof started to cave in. Sakaki got
pinned
under the rocks, but Nidoking did not. But Nidoking turned away
and
left Sakaki. Just then (in the present), Fuji arrives and opens
his
package...a Nidoking horn! He tells that he found Sakaki and
Nidoking
and nursed them back to health. Something makes Sakaki sad and
repent
his ways (sorry, I can't really get a clear translation here).
Sakaki
gives Satoshi the Green Badge.

Satoshi's flying
away on
Lizardon, wondering about Sakaki, when something zips by him. He
wonders who it is and soon finds out--it's Shigeru on a Pijotto!
Shigeru's Pijotto starts attacking Lizardon, who starts to fall.
The chapter ends with Satoshi imagining all his pokemon fallen and
having
failed against Shigeru.

Satoshi's asleep
in his house
when his mother calls for him to wake up. Satoshi ignores, so
Lizardon
cinges his hair with its fire tail. Now he's awake! He
remembers
Shigeru and how scary he was earlier. He goes downstairs and
talks
with his mom a bit and then gets ready to leave for Sekiei
Kougen.
Lapras talks with Satoshi about the League while Pikachu wanders
around.
It hears how Satoshi really really wants to win, so Pikachu, with candy
in hand, goes over to Satoshi's backpack. Satoshi turns around
and
finds Pikachu with his Thunder Stone! It uses the Thunder Stone
on
itself and evolves into Raichu. Satoshi hugs Raichu.

Later, Satoshi
gets on his
Lizardon and, after saying goodbye to his mom, flies to Sekiei
Kougen.
He arrives, and after having his eight badges verified, begins his
first
match with Kanna. She sends out Parushien, but Raichu easily
beats
it. On to Shiba! Shiba sends out Sawamuraa, but Lapras
quickly
freezes it. Next up is Kikuko. Ghosuto is sent out, but
Satoshi's
Fuudin (he had one?) easily beats Ghosuto. Last up is Wataru, who
sends out Kairyuu. Satoshi's Lizardon hits it with some fire
breath,
so Kairyuu shoots lasers (???) out of its eyes. But Lizardon just
hits Kairyuu with a fire blast, and it's down. Satoshi is the
champion!

...until Wataru
announces
that there's one more person left for Satoshi to face...Shigeru!
He declares that he is the true champion, and he begins his battle with
Satoshi. Shigeru sends out Kamex while Satoshi sends out
Lizardon.
Kamex shoots a Hydro Pump, but Lizardon hides behind a pillar to avoid
it (the impact of the pump causes the pillar to crack). Now it
slams
against Kamex and defeats it! Satoshi is now the real
champion!
Wataru comments that he doesn't mind being number three for now.
Satoshi thanks all his pokemon while Shigeru drops his Pokemon Zukan in
disappointment. Just then, Ookido and Shigeru's sister show
up.
Ookido pretty much gives the same speech he does at the end of the Game
Boy games (that Shigeru doesn't have the close bond to his pokemon that
Satoshi does), and he begins to compare the two boys' Zukan.
Suddenly,
the pillar Kamex hit with is Hydro Pump starts to crumble, and it's
falling
right towards Shigeru! But a flying leap by Satoshi pushes him
out
of harm's way. After having his life saved, Shigeru finally
accepts
Satoshi as a friend.

Ookido-Hakase,
who kind of
ignores the whole pillar situation, tells the boys of the cave near
Hanada
City. Inside are lots of rare pokemon and a great place to fill
their
Zukan, but it's also where the super-rare Myuutsu resides.
Ookido-Hakase
shows them a picture, and Satoshi and Shigeru decide that they'll work
together to catch it.

Well,
that's it. Just
to let you know, I didn't get really lazy when writing the last summary
with the Shi Ten'nou. The battles with each member only last a
four
or five panel page, so they're really short. In fact, I feel that
the ending was really rushed. Most of the battles in this manga
were
one-hit KO's. Oh well. Probably my least favorite manga,
but
it's not all bad. As soon as I get scanner access I'll get
pictures
up.